April 2, 2024
Library and Community Services
DATE: April 2, 2024
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
LaShonda White, Deputy City Manager of Community
Services
Kate Eppler, Deputy Director of Community Services -
Library
Subject:
Accept and Appropriate an $8,363 Grant from the Bay
Area Library and Information System to Support Library
Membership in Professional Associations
FINANCIAL IMPACT: No net additional expense to the General Fund
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
n/a
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Richmond Public Library has been granted $8,363
from the Bay Area Library and Information System
(BALIS) to support institutional memberships in library professional organizations.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE
into the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget a Bay Area
Library and Information System grant for institutional
membership fees in the amount of $8,363 – Community
Services Department (LaShonda White 510-620-
6828/Kate Eppler 510-620-5452).
DISCUSSION:
The Bay Area Library and Information System (BALIS) Council makes funding available to member libraries for a variety of purposes, including institutional memberships to professional library associations such as the American Library Association or the Urban Libraries Council. As a BALIS library, Richmond Public Library has requested and been AGENDA
REPORT
April 2, 2024
granted $8,363 to support organizational membership to the American Library Association, the California Library Association, and the Urban Libraries Council.
Institutional memberships provide many benefits to the library, including access to a network of peer libraries, access to resources to support innovation in programming and service, and examples of best-practices from around the state and nation.
BALIS serves Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco Counties. It is part of the Pacific Library Partnership, a consortium of 43 libraries across four library organizations, including BALIS.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – BALIS Financial Support for Libraries Claim Form